Comment by kmstout
4 years ago
Somewhere on YouTube is a talk where Gerald Sussman described mathematics (or at least mathematical presentation) as "impressionistic."
4 years ago
Somewhere on YouTube is a talk where Gerald Sussman described mathematics (or at least mathematical presentation) as "impressionistic."
I think he says that in every talk he gives. https://youtu.be/HB5TrK7A4pI?t=1090, https://youtu.be/arMH5GjBwUQ?t=377, https://youtu.be/EbzQg7R2pYU?t=3201, etc. There's a 2002 paper where he uses the term: https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/6707/AIM-2002...